Doug -- who got that name because he was 'dug' up -- weighs 17 pounds, well above the current potato record of 11 pounds.
Doug -- who got that name because he was"dug" up -- weighs 17 pounds, well above the current potato record of 11 pounds.Colin Craig-Browns holds a large potato dug from his garden at his home near Hamilton, New Zealand Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. The New Zealand couple say the titanic tuber weighed in at 17 pounds. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Colin and Donna Craig-Brown were weeding their garden in New Zealand when Colin’s hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil’s surface.
As the couple knelt down and began digging around the object, Colin wondered if it was some kind of strange fungal growth, a giant puffball. After Colin pried it out with his garden fork, he scratched away a bit of the skin and tasted it.And not exactly pretty. Donna describes its appearance as more of an ugly, mutant look.
But it’s quite possibly the largest potato on record. When the couple lugged it into their garage and put it on their old set of scales, it weighed in at a remarkable 7.9 kilograms . That’s equal to a couple of sacks of regular potatoes, or one small dog.In the weeks since their unusual find on Aug. 30, the couple’s potato has become something of a celebrity around their small farm near Hamilton.
A more official weigh-in at a local farming store put Doug at 7.8 kg. The current Guinness World Records entry for the heaviest potato is a 2011 monster from Britain that weighed in at just under 5 kg. The couple say they’ve applied to Guinness to have Doug recognized and are waiting to hear back.Colin said he doesn’t have any secret gardening tips. Usually they throw a bunch of cow manure and straw onto their garden and see what happens.
But Colin may not be done with Doug yet. An amateur brewer, Colin said he’s keen to turn Doug into a nice drop of potato vodka.
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